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Laura H. Baldwin
Director, Resource Management Program, RAND Project AIR FORCE
Laura Baldwin is a Senior Economist at The RAND Corporation. She joined RAND in 1994 after completing a Ph.D. in Economics from Duke University. In 2007, she was named Director of the Resource Management Program within Project AIR FORCE. Prior to that, she was the Associate Director of the program.
Dr. Baldwin’s research has addressed a variety of Air Force logistics and acquisition challenges associated with System Program Office (SPO) staffing, the structure of transfer prices for reparable aircraft components, growth in aircraft heavy maintenance costs as aircraft age, public/private competitions for provision of services, implementation of best commercial purchasing and supply management practices, and provision of combat support activities in a joint contingency environment. She helped evaluate the option of using commercial sources for CONUS aerial refueling as part of the recent Tanker AoA. She has collected and analyzed data on logistics and acquisition activities from Air Force installations around the world, including the CENTCOM AOR. In addition, she has conducted market research with commercial buyers and providers of a wide range of goods and services to learn best practices for outsourcing, performance measurement, contract bundling, and supplier management.
In addition to her program management and research responsibilities, Dr. Baldwin is a co-organizer of RAND’s Defense Economics sessions at the annual Western Economic Association International professional meetings.
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